Abu 'Amir al-Rahib

Abu Amir Abd Amr ibn Sayfi ibn al-Nu'man al-Awsi, known as "the monk", of the Banu Dhubay'a ibn Zayd, and father of Hanzala. He had a reputation in the Jahiliyya at Yathrib, and was with the Aws on the Day of Bu'ath, and he had become a monk and wore the hair shirt. ²

Al-Samhudi relates from the men of the biographies that when the Prophet came to Medina he asked Abu Amir about his religion, and the Prophet said that he had come with the Hanifiyya, the religion of Abraham. Abu Amir prayed that the liar of the two should die a stranger, exiled and alone, and the Prophet said Amen. Then he went out to Mecca, and the Prophet named him "the wicked" according to this report. ³

After the conquest of Mecca he went out to al-Ta'if, then joined Syria, and died there. ³

Al-Maqrizi says that he was one of the priests of the Arabs and emigrated to Abyssinia with his religion, and that the pit of Abu Amir, into which the Muslims fell on the day of Uhud, is attributed to him. ⁴